by Sarah Clements | May 3, 2017 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
With 166,695 people in England and Wales fined for speeding in 2015, speeding remains a common offence on roads today. With this is mind, the Sentencing Council has recently reviewed and announced changes to penalties handed out to drivers who are taken to court for a...
by Sarah Clements | May 2, 2017 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
We recently blogged about the sentencing councils new guidance regarding health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences for businesses, with particular focus on offences caused by dangerous and careless driving and the importance of directors in ensuring health...
by Sarah Clements | Mar 28, 2017 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
All organisations have a duty of care to their employees, particularly those employed in the driving profession given the inherent risks associated with driving on a regular basis. Recent sentencing guidelines issued for Health and Safety and Corporate Manslaughter...
by Sarah Clements | Mar 22, 2017 | Business insurance, Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
For many businesses, having employees who travel as part of their role is an inevitable part of doing business. Whilst some businesses choose to operate a fleet of their own vehicles, for others this isn’t an option for all employees or where business related travel...
by Sarah Clements | Mar 21, 2017 | Commercial vehicle insurance, Fleet management, Transport & logistics
Recently published research looking at van insurance shows that premiums reached an average of £1,344 in the year to January 2017. That’s an increase of over 14% on average over the last 12 months (inclusive of the 0.5% increase to Insurance premium tax in October...
